Post-implant computed tomography-magnetic resonance prostate image registration using feature line parallelization and normalized mutual information

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-32

  Vidakovic, Sandra ^a   Jans, Hans S ^a   Alexander, Abe ^a   Sloboda, Ron S ^a,b  

^a CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT MR image registration; Normalized mutual information; Post implant dosimetry; Prostate brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247326443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v8i1.2351     Document Type: Article

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